2024 Annual Meeting of Academies of
Behavioral Finance & Economics and
Entrepreneurial Finance

September 18-20, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA

Call for Papers, Seminars & Participation

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 26, 2024

CONFERENCE PLATFORM. We will offer our conferences as an In-Person conference; but we can also offer enough Virtual sessions to accommodate all colleagues who can not attend in-person due to any reasons.

OBJECTIVE. The Academy of Behavioral Finance & Economics offers a dedicated forum for exchange of research findings and professional advancement related to the now well-established field of behavioral finance and economics. The objective of the annual conference is to encourage and disseminate research and inquiry in all area of Behavioral Finance & Economics. Theoretical, Empirical/Experimental, and Applied works that involve Theory, Analysis, and Application of all Social Sciences from Political Economy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Anthropology and all other sciences, to all areas of financial decision-making and practice will be considered for presentation at the conference. Additionally, given the all-encompassing developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence, AI, we highly encourage full participation, including Workshop and Paper Presentations, by AI professionals across the world and at any level in this conference. Such works include, but are not limited to, the followings:

A. DEVELOPMENT of NEW FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC MODELS and THEORIES for DECISION MAKING and RISK TAKING in the POST-EFFICIENT MARKETS WORLD; or as we at the Academy call it: The World of “IT’S-ALL-CONNECTED FINANCE, ECONOMICS, and ALL other SOCIAL SCIENCES”!

B. CONTRIBUTIONS to ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING and KNOWLEDGE of:

  1. Decision Making Under Conditions of Risk and Uncertainty; including BOTH Social-Science-Based and Artificial-Intelligence-Based Models for both Theoretical Works and Empirical Works;
  2. Trust, Financial and Capital Markets, Social Capital, Moral Sentiments and Working of the Markets Economy, Capitalism;
  3. Venture Startup: Venture Capital; Entry and Exit Processes;
  4. Investment in and Working of Financial Markets at all levels of functionality and capital allocation- including both public and private aspects;
  5. Financial Management of Companies- both public and private entities;
  6. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development;
  7. Sustainable Finance: Efficient Financial Markets; Market for Human/Social Capital & Economic Development;
  8. Financial Fraud, Corporatism, and Market Failures;
  9. Role of Behavioral Finance & Economics in Personal Finance, Financial Planning, and Family Life;
  10. Teaching, Learning, and Training- ranging from case development to other pedagogical issues.

C. APPLICATIONS- BEHAVIORAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE:

  1. Empirical Works; including Theory and Model Testing using Artificial Intelligence-generated Data Bases
  2. Evidence-Based Financial and Retirement Planning: Generally-Accepted Best Practices;
  3. Nudging Clients and Markets/Understanding Clients/Markets Behavior;
  4. The Trading and Investing Brain/Neurofinance/Neuroeconomics;
  5. Retirement Saving and Planning;
  6. Trust: Trust in Investment Management, Markets, Policy, and Regulation;
  7. Behavioral Value Investing;
  8. Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning for Companies;
  9. Behavioral Finance: Training and Teaching
  10. Other Business, Socio-Economic, and Legal Endeavors Involving Decision Making and Risk Taking- including literature review on Decision and Risk Processes and related concepts, models, and theories.

AWARDS FOR THE ROBERT A. OLSEN BEST DOCTORAL STUDENT PAPERS IN BEHAVIORAL FINANCE & ECONOMICS. Upon request at the time of submission, submissions by Doctoral Students will be further reviewed by the Program Committee, and the Best Papers will be selected for special recognition at our 2024 ABF&E Annual Meeting. Recognition includes receiving:

  1. Academy’s “Award Certificate for the Robert A. Olsen Best Doctoral Student Paper in Behavioral Finance & Economics” and
  2. A $500.00 prize check

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND SEMINARS for Presentation. To submit your COMPLETED Paper, DETAILED Abstract, or Seminar/Workshop Proposal, simply click on the following URL and follow the related instructions.

The submission fee is $79.00.

To submit, click here: https://www.aobf.org/paper-submission-form/

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS April 26, 2024; Early Submission is Encouraged. NOTIFICATIONS of results will be emailed to all respondents generally in three (3) weeks from the date of submission.

 

FOR ANY QUESTION YOU MAY EMAIL: Staff@aobf.org